Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Directors’ Cameos in Films
Did you know Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances in 37 of his movies? Not all film directors were quite as prolific as Hitchcock was, but there’s certainly no shortage of them appearing in their own productions.
For whatever reason, be it a deep-seated desire to act, a lack of a casting budget, or just “if you want something done right, do it yourself”, many directors at some point in their careers have stepped out from behind the camera to act. This is typically in a smaller, cameo role, and often with varying degrees of success: sometimes they’re completely natural and sometimes they bring the film to a screeching halt. And sometimes you’d never even know they were there.
